Incorporating modules for takeoff, estimating and job management,Esticom features an up-to-date database ofmaterial and labor costs from manufacturers. Thedatabase also provides expertly designed takeofftypes with pre-built formulas that eliminate manualcalculations. Estimators can use Esticom, as aweb-based solution, to perform takeoffs and estimates from any desktop,laptop, tablet or mobile device. The software’s integrated design-buildfunctionality allows estimators to design system layouts and publish toinstallers in the field.

Esticom, esticom.com

ConEst Software Systems acquired
by JDM Technology Group

In February, JDM Technology Group, comprising leading global software
providers for the architecture, engineering and construction industries,
announced that it had acquired Manchester, NH-based ConEst, a provider of
electrical estimating, takeoff, and project and service management software
to customers throughout the U.S. and globally. The acquisition seeks to
strengthen the JDM Group with a broader offering of electrical software
solutions to its global customer base, and increased offerings to electrical,
low-voltage, and data/telecom contractors. Having acquired numerous
companies since 2004, JDM cites itself as “having established a proven
strategy for integrating acquired companies into its existing infrastructure.

ConEst will continue to operate as a separate company with its existing
staff out of its Manchester, NH headquarters,” stated the company. ConEst
president George Hague and vice president of sales and customer service
Jan Thayer were retained “to help guide the transition and continue to advise
the business moving forward,” added a press release. “With the ConEst
team joining the JDM Technology Group, our customers will be supported
by a group of leading construction software companies around the world,”
commented Hague.

JDM Technology Group, jdmtechnologygroup.com

All-in-one estimating
and digital takeoff
calculation

On Screen Estimating (OSE)

Pro is McCormick Systems’
“revolutionary new digital takeoff
software,” the company says.

McCormick continues that it “has
taken digital takeoff to a new level
by building OSE Pro directly into
[its] award winning estimating
software; essentially creating
an all-in-one estimating and
digital takeoff super program.”
Contractors can now easily upload
their PDF building plans into
the estimating software, set a
customizable scale, then measure,
count, and even design directly
onto the PDF drawing. In the past
year, McCormick has upgraded
OSE Pro with design tools such as
a symbol designer; contractors
can now create their own symbols
and shapes to add directly to a
PDF drawing. Also, with a new grid
feature, users can add any type
of grid layout to the PDF for easy
design layout of lighting fixtures,
plumbing fixtures and pipes, racks
and hangers, or any other layout.

“Design build while you estimate; it
doesn’t get any faster and easier
than that,” concludes the company.